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Revenue: $10,297,601
Budget: $0
Profit: + $10,297,601
Movie Details
Tag Line: Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Aug 23, 1985
Rating: 1997-01-01
Run Time: 1h 37m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: A&M Films , Warner Bros. Pictures , CBS Theatrical Films
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Synopsis
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Directing | Director |
Savage Steve Holland
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Script Supervisor |
Maria Lease
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First Assistant Director |
Yudi Bennett
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Second Assistant Director |
Jann Dutmer
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Second Unit Director |
Fred Lerner
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Writing | Writer |
Savage Steve Holland
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Crew | Stunts |
Frank Beddor
Jeff Jensen
Sandy Berumen
Greg Wayne Elam
George Fisher
Jean Coulter
Bill Hart
Keith Harvey
Hank Calia
Kent Hays
Wayne King
Johnny Hock
Bill McIntosh
Tom Morga
A. Michael Lerner
Wally Rose
Harvey Parry
Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon
Debbie Lynn Ross
Rick Seaman
Peter Stader
Sharon Schaffer
Dick Warlock
Mark Yerkes
Neil Summers
Bruce Paul Barbour
Chere Rae
Faith Minton
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Stunt Double |
Jim Dunn
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Special Effects |
Roy L. Downey
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Transportation Coordinator |
David Jernigan
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Stunt Coordinator |
Fred Lerner
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Unit Publicist |
Shelley Kirkwood
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Production | Executive Producer |
Gil Friesen
Andrew Meyer
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Producer |
Michael Jaffe
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Associate Producer |
William Strom
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Casting |
Caro Jones
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Location Manager |
Huw Davies
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Unit Production Manager |
Jack Clements
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Rupert Hine
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Supervising Sound Editor |
William Hooper
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Sound Effects Editor |
Dick Vandenberg
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Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Don MacDougall
Richard Tyler
John L. Mack
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Sound Mixer |
Bud Alper
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Boom Operator |
Gene Ashbrook
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Music Editor |
Ted Roberts
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Music Supervisor |
David Anderle
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Isidore Mankofsky
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Second Unit Director of Photography |
Frank M. Holgate
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Key Grip |
Tom Kessenich
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Dolly Grip |
Jim Dunford
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Grip |
Jan Gould
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Camera Operator |
Rick Neff
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First Assistant Camera |
Malcolm Brown
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Second Assistant Camera |
Frederick Hamm
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Editing | Editor |
Alan Balsam
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Associate Editor |
Nancy Forner
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Art | Production Design |
Herman F. Zimmerman
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Set Decoration |
Gary Moreno
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Assistant Property Master |
Bud Peifer Jr.
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Property Master |
Art Lipschultz
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Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Brad R. Loman
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Makeup Artist |
James R. Scribner
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Hairstylist |
Georgina Williams
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Costumer |
David Roester
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Lighting | Gaffer |
Jake Jarrell
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